About

A freelance Illustrator and occasional Fine Artist, born in Germany in 1978, I first left home at 17 to study Music and Theatre in the UK, where I ended up staying for the best part of 20 years, with temporary moves to South Africa and Canada in between. I am now living in Florence, Italy.

Only coming to painting in my early twenties, and being completely self-taught, I switched from traditional media to a Wacom tablet and Photoshop, finding the digital workflow more intuitive and open to experimentation. What started as a hobby became serious in 2005, when Ballistic Publishing asked me to submit my work for publication.

Since then, I've worked for both private and commercial clients, among others Imagine Publishing, 3Dtotal, Bastei Lübbe, Future Publishing, Giunti Editore, and the 'Assassin's Creed' team at Ubisoft Montreal.

In my spare time, I am a Community Volunteer on DeviantArt.com, and am generally found with a pen or brush in my hand, creating painting videos for my YouTube channel.